Nashville isn't going to have a public referendum on marijuana decriminalization this year.

But Nashvillians might get to vote on two separate charter amendments aimed at Metro jobs — one to adopt a so-called "Ban the Box" provision and another to require local participation on Metro-funded construction projects.

It also appears Metro voters will get to decide whether to reduce the size of the 40-member Metro Council to 27 members while increasing term limits of council members to three.

The deadline to submit petitions signatures to add Metro charter amendment proposals to the Aug. 6 ballot was the end of the workday Monday.

Members of the Tennessee chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws had been collecting petitions signatures in recent months for a charter amendment that would prevent Metro government from using financial resources on the criminal prosecution of an adult for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana.

But TN-NORML did not submit any petitions to the Metro Clerk's office Monday. Last week leaders of the organization had told The Tennessean they had collected only 4,000 of the required 6,845 signatures for the measure to make it on the ballot.

Metro Clerk Shannon Hall said she did not hear from TN-NORML at all on Monday.

"Unfortunately, the Davidson County defunding referendum came up just short today," TN-NORML said in a statement that referenced the cause's support from some mayoral candidates. The group offered hope its amendment could become Metro policy one day anyway. "We are proud to have won the argument, and we look forward to our continuing work ahead."

Petitions that were submitted to the Metro clerk on Monday on other issues will now make their way to the Davidson County Election Commission, which will review for verification. The commission will take up the certification of the proposals at its June meeting.

Three Davidson County public referendums appear on track for August after three organizations reported submitting more than enough petition signatures than the required 6,845, a figure that is based on voter turnout from the most recent Nashville election.

A grass-roots organization called Democracy Nashville, which partnered with 50 faith, civil liberties and other organizations, reported turning in signatures from 9,500 Davidson County residents for a "Ban the Box" charter referendum.

If voters approve it in August, "Ban the Box" would remove questions about a Metro job applicant's criminal background on his or her initial application unless it is required by state or federal law. The amendment, however, would not prevent inquiries into a person's criminal history during job interviews.

The impetus is to open job opportunities to people who have served time in jail, who often have difficulty entering the workforce.

"Ban the Box is an important step toward ensuring employment opportunities for all Nashvillians," said Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the ACLU of Tennessee, which supports the measure.

In a separate push, a coalition led by the southeast branch of the Laborers' International Union of North America, Nashville Organized for Action and Hope and others reported turning in 16,019 petition signatures Monday backing a proposed Metro charter amendment on local hires.

It would mandate that at least 40 percent of workers on taxpayer-funded projects exceeding $100,000 are Davidson County residents. The proposal came after NOAH — a progressive-minded organization that has been active during the Metro election year — identified local hires for Metro projects as a top priority in a recent community-needs assessment.

"Two of the biggest issues that we are continuing to face are housing and access to local jobs," said Ashford Hughes, an organizer with NOAH. "We haven't really been able to have a lot of transparency to know who is working on a lot of these Metro-funded projects."

According to Hughes, the language of the amendment came from a local-hire provision in Cleveland, Ohio. He said courts have upheld the legality of the provision.

On Friday, Metro Councilwoman Emily Evans, who leads a group called Council Next 50, turned in more than double the required signatures for a vote on reducing the size of the 40-member Metro Council to 27 members while increasing term limits to three.

Evans' proposal comes as Nashville is poised for historical turnover on the council — no fewer than 25 council members are on their way out — fueled by term limits that are currently set at two.

Nashville's 40-member council is the third largest in the nation. Evans has argued that the council is "outsized" compared with other cities'.